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Labour Laws Gopika Juneja, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 13: The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948

CONTENTS

Objectives
Introduction
13.1 Definitions
13.2 Scope and Objective of the Act
13.2.1 Objectives of this Act
13.3 Applicability and Coverage of this Act

13.3.1 Wage Ceiling for Coverage
13.3.2 Coverage
13.4 Benefits of this Act
13.4.1 Sickness and Extended Sickness Benefit

13.4.2 Maternity Benefit
13.4.3 Disablement Benefit
13.4.4 Dependants’ Benefit
13.4.5 Funeral Benefit
13.4.6 Medical Benefit

13.4.7 Other Benefits
13.5 The Role of ESI Corporation
13.5.1 Constitution
13.5.2 Powers and Duties of the Corporation

13.5.3 Appointment of Regional Boards etc.
13.5.4 Role of ESIC
13.6 Role of ESI Hospital
13.7 Penalties and Damages
13.8 Summary

13.9 Keywords
13.10 Review Questions
13.11 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

l z Explain various definitions under this Act
l z Discuss the scope and objective of the Act
l z Get an overview of the applicability and coverage of this Act

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